AT DOORS OF SHANGHAI
IMPUDENT PIRATES FIERCE BATTLE ON JUNK (United Service.) (Received Nov/ 21, 11 a.m.) SHANGHAI, Nov. 20. At the very doors of Shanghai an act of piracy was committed which tho Chinese authorities are endeavoring to keep dark. It appears that a junk laden with bean oil from Dairen, with a crew of 18, encountered a pirate craft with 60 men aboard. A regular battle ensued, re suiting in the killing of 15 of the junks’ crew and an unknown number of pirates, who, finding the cargo useless for their purposes, demanded and obtained 16,00.. dollars before liberating the junk.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16807, 21 November 1928, Page 7
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103AT DOORS OF SHANGHAI Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16807, 21 November 1928, Page 7
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